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There was an order for a child aged 9 years to live with the mother, to spend time with the father, and for the father to use his best endeavours to have the child attend sporting...

The case involved two children aged 13 and 17 years who both showed high levels of anxiety.  The older child had suffered glandular fever for some years.  The father was assessed as having anxiety, and had been...

Prior to the hearing when the child was aged 7 years, the mother had removed the child to a secret location and the father did not see the child for 2 years. Both parents alleged that...

A separated couple had 2 children aged 10 and 12 years. The children had been exposed to 5 years of bitter dispute between the parents. The mother alleged the father had a mental health condition that...

The case involved two boys, C aged 8 and T aged 4 years.  Ms J was the mother of both boys, from different fathers Mr T and Mr C.  The boys lived with their maternal grandparents ...

The couple had twins aged 6 years at the time of the hearings.  The couple separated when the twins were 7 months old, and the twins lived with the mother and spent time with the father. ...

The case involved three children aged 14, 12 and 8 years.  The trial judge ordered that parents have shared parental responsibility and that the children live primarily with their mother and spend time with the father.  The...

A judge ordered that both parents have equal shared parental responsibility for their three children, except that the mother have sole parental responsibility to make decisions on delegated topics affecting the health of their children for...

A couple had an order for shared care. The mother then applied to relocate with three children aged 10, 8 and 5 years to a town 78km away. The trial judge allowed the relocation. The father...

A judge ordered that parents have joint parental care for their 10 year old child, except that the mother have sole parental responsibility and care for health care and for decisions about the child’s music tuition...

Parents had a son aged 10 years with special needs from cerebral palsy, and a daughter aged 7 years.  The judge awarded joint parental responsibility to both parents except that the mother have sole parental responsibility...

An order had been made for parents to have equal shared parental responsibility for a child aged 7 years who had special needs.  Evidence was presented that the parents were unable to make joint decisions about...

A couple had two children aged 13 and 7 years.  An initial order for shared care granted 9 days to the mother and 5 days to the father.  The mother applied for the order to be...

The couple had two sons aged 10 and 8 years.  Evidence from a treating psychologist was submitted despite objections from the father. The judge ruled that evidence from a treating psychologist was admissible but that the...

Legislation in Australia allows people to apply for three types of intervention that affect family members: a parenting order from a Family Law Court (Family Circuit Court) a child protection order from a Children’s Court an...